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  • True or false? At the time of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, it was illegal for men to dance with men, or women to dance with women?
    False - it was illegal for men to dance with men, but not for women to dance with women.
  • Which flag features a yellow background with a single purple ring in the middle?
    Intersex
  • What was the first state to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation?
    Wisconsin in 1982
  • What are the colors of the bisexual flag?
    pink, purple, and blue
  • What year did same-sex marriage become legal nationwide in the US?
    2015
    2005
    1990
  • What day is National Coming Out Day?
    July 23rd
    May 1st
    October 11th
  • What was the first European country to legalize same-sex marriage?
    Spain
    Germany
    the Netherlands
  • What ground-breaking musical starred queer artists in NYC at the time of the HIV/AIDS outbreak?
    Rent
    Wicked
    Chicago
  • What is the name of the first American female astronaut, who was revealed to be a lesbian in her obituary?
    Sally Ride
    Nicole Mann
    Christina Koch
  • Which of the following American presidents were the first to recognize Pride month officially?
    John F Kennedy
    Bill Clinton
    Barack Obama
  • What historic, coded slang phrase meant you were a part of the LGBTQ+ community?
    A friend of Dorothy
  • Which was the first LGBT-themed movie to win Best Picture at the Oscars?
    Moonlight
  • What does having an ‘androgynous’ style refer to?
    appearing to have masculine and feminine traits
  • Drag queens have become a global phenomenon thanks to which groundbreaking artist?
    RuPaul
  • What show aired the first-ever lesbian wedding on American TV?
    Heartstopper
    Grey's Anatomy
    Friends
  • What is the word that means someone who identifies as the same gender that they were assigned at birth?
    cisgender
  • The Asexual Pride flag is composed of what color stripes?
    black, gray, white, and purple
  • What four colors make up the non-binary pride flag, which debuted in 2014?
    yellow, white, purple, and black
  • Which movie made national headlines for depicting a gay relationship between cowboys?
    Brokeback Mountain
  • What month is Pride Month?
    June
  • This woman was the first openly gay celeb to open the Oscar ceremony (in 2007). A pioneer in "coming out", who is she?
    Ellen DeGeneres
  • In which city did the Stonewall Riots break out in 1969?
    New York
    Chicago
    San Francisco
  • Billy Ray Cyrus featured alongside which openly gay rapper in the 2019 hit Old Town Road?
    Lil Nas X
  • True or false: research shows that LGBT people have elevated levels of suicidal ideation, substance use, and mental health conditions such as depression?
    True. Because of cultural homophobia and transphobia, as well as access to appropriate care, LGBT individuals are at higher risk of, and show higher incidence r
  • Who sang the number 1 hit: "I kissed a girl, and I liked it"
    Katy Perry
  • What does GSA stand for?
    Gender and Sexuality Alliance
  • Taylor Swift mentions “GLAAD” in which of her songs?
    "You Need to Calm Down"
  • Who was the first openly gay politician elected to the U.S. Senate?
    Ron Kind
    Tina Smith
    Tammy Baldwin
  • What are the respective experts from Queer Eye known as?
    Queer 5
    Fab 5
    Five Guys
  • Where does the term lesbian come from?
    From the Greek isle of Lesbos.
  • Masculine presenting lesbians are refered to as what?
    Butch
  • What does Pansexual refer to?
    being attracted to people regardless of gender